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Topic Discussion III
Participation in
Democratic Decision-Making:
The Vital Voices of Women, Civil Society and
Pluralism
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And then about NGOs. This sector is developed rapidly. Gaining authority in society,
experiencing efficient management of resources, whatever available, and also international contacts and excess
to international foundings. It is very important because you know that we have now the foundings enough, and what
is also I think important, the parliament. They don't take the law for national foundations for NGOs. This is a
law but which is not yet implemented because of lack of findings, nothing else. Otherwise, the parliament absolutely
convicted that without non-governmental organization, we can't gain the trust of the public, and those is also
interested that almost all this organizations, we have a lot of them and I have here the list of this organization
of about 3,000 NGOs. Almost all of them are fighting against intolerance, against extremism, and I'm very, very
active in this field. And this is what brings me to reality, because when politicians speak about this, this one
thing you know, oh there are NGOs this is quite another one.
And here we have for instance Mr. Levin Damashoulis (ph), President of Liberty Institute, which is very active
in our life and we have very active Georgian, conducting [inaudible] searches in various fields and especially
[inaudible] institute for peace, democracy and development and all others. I can't speak about all of them here,
but I can tell you that they have support, real support. Especially for women. Why is because special of parliament,
because I can tell you that the government is still more concerned, I think as everyone in the world, and we have
to fight with them because we want to change them [inaudible]. They change the totalitarian mentality, well for
instance the minister are all into your affairs, things that he has not to fight for the rights of human beings.
And for instance the human beings arrested, they are human being for instance. I come asserted, but still such
mentality exists.
And the last what I think I want to speak about is the vital voices of women because I am really sure that even
women's participation in political life become more active and I think that our [inaudible] will change and will
become more human. And more human and more reasonable also. I'm also sure and I think that this day will come.
And also I would underline one thing that in our history, it was for instance in twelve century, we had queen which
was called Kamada (ph) but in population she was called King Kamada (ph). It's the same sort of thing. Is now in
the council review [inaudible] of this Madame le President. It is quite absolutely the same, it was in the twelfth
century and this twelfth century King Kamada abolished death penalty. She was a really very progressive woman.
And in twelfth century. And she declared the equalness of men and women. I can't tell you that now the situation
is so good in my country, not at all because for instance in parliament we have 220 members and only 16 women.
We have only two ministers amongst 16, and but still are majority leaders still and minority leader also a woman,
which is also very interesting thing. Yes. What else, and those, our judges which were elected now. We had a very
promoted judicial reform and we elected our judges now. And more than 50 percent are now women. It's why, you know
it's a very simple thing because they passed exams. They passed exams by computers, and nobody could make anything
with it, and they are very educated really, very intellectual, general in Georgia, I can tell you, women, they
are traditionalists. And so I could speak a lot about it but that's all, you don't give me time to speak. Thank
you very much.
Frank Loy: I feel quite brutal here. (not available due to technical difficulties) …give me a break on that
a little bit there…who is a member of the central committee of Moroccan party, and is going to take the floor next,
please.
??: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would not waste time in introducing Morocco. You may read the circulation
about Morocco. Regarding the presentation which was, you were asking me to make regarding democratic decision-making,
pluralism, civil society and the voices of women, allow me to start by identifying, imagine democracy. In fact
it is a transitional period between an un-democratic situation and a new situation where the rules of democracy
are dug in gradually. In fact this expression of emerging democracy is like the expression, developing countries.
Therefore I shall try to focus on two main components of society. Women and civil society and a certain form of
political organization that is multi parties. In fact the democratic system is a public contractual agreement between
the components of a certain society, which principles, that these components of parties are not only diverse and
multiple. This kind of arrangement or understanding and this pluralism is in fact has its source in our societies
and in the contradictions and the varying interests of the various sections of a society.
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